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Show Stall co I u urn Lifes pace accelerates with passing years Or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? We five, on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all toe conditions are perfect Well go ; back and visit toa grandparents when we get toe baby . : Thai) are Well entertain when we replace toe liv- -; times when lift seems to be passing me .. I room And the the the faster ing : by. longer live, pace." carpet We'll go on a second honeymoon when I I we two received more kids out of college.' . the and following thoughts recently get pass Life has the ideas on to you. The' writer was not identified. a v way of accelerating as we get older. The and toe. list of promises to ourselves shorter t have a friend who lives by a three-wor- d philosodays get By KEVIN ASHBY Sun Advocate publisher Em followed a butterfly's . . You better slow down! : Dont dance so fast-Jhne.is short-- ;. toilet-traine- d. . . . phy: Seim the moment Just possibly; she may be the gets longer. One moming, .we awaken and. all we have . to show for our fivesis a litany of. Im going to, VI plan wjsest.womantmthisanA'V-;':.y-on and 'someday, when things are settled down a off that them something brings . Tbomany people (hit . Joy just because they Jjavent thought about it don't bit"- When anyone calls my seize the moment friend,-sheihave it on their schedule, didnl know it was coming or are too figid.to depart from their routine. ,; operitoadventore and avaifobie for. trips. She y 1 got to women an on all the the one about keeps open mind oh new ideas. Her enthusiasm for thinking day life is contogious. You talk with her tor five minutes Titanic who passed up dessert at djnnerthat fateful : and nislif ui air effort to cut youre .ready to trade your bad feet for a pairof from their on, I've tried to be a little more flexible; rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.. 1 How many women out there will eat at home beMy lips have not touched ice cream in .10 years. I . cause their husband didn't suggest gpingoutto dinner.: love ice cream. It's just tost I might as wen apply it . The music . . . ; Ever toldyour child, . We 1 do tomorrow and toyourhastB,'r'Jnot see his sorrow? ; . : . Em fosttouch, let a good friendship die Midland say . . She wotrid gaspand stammerl cantihave clothes1 oh thelme! My hair is toe dirty.I.wish I had known; yesterday, I had a late, breakfast it looks like rain: Do something you. ; My - not something When you you Wtoe going to die soon rind had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would You miss -- 4 . . .. fun so fast to getspniewbere half the fun of getting there. ; 1 When you mry and hurry through your day, It is tike an unopened pL.. .? . you say?''.;.;' V And why are you waiting? . Here are the lyrics to a favorite song of mine: : . Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go ioundr J lunch together;' V. Because Americans cram so much inti) their lives; ; we tepd to schedule out r so fast ? on your If .And. my . ' should do fist. : personal favorite: "It's Monday. sister died a few yeareap. We never did have want to . Hi"? You'd better siowdMi Don't dance Time is short The music won't last ; ' . . . ; . vv : . : ; , . director to, my hips.wito a spatula and eliminate toe until after something had been thawed? .y Does the word refrigeration- mean nothing to you? -- digestive process. The other day, I stopped toe car and bought a triple- -. How often have irdur kids dropped in to talk and sat f hi silence while you watched Jeopardy!; on tetevision? : decker, ff my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, !. I wouto.have died happy. ; .. I cannot count the.fimes I called my sister and said, 'y How about going to lunch, in a half hour?' Now, go on pnd have a nice.day .. : the fly? '' . . . hear the reply? v ; : When the day is done.do you He in your bed ; wlth the next hundred chores running through your: head? y-r- y Youd better slow down. 'V--- ' Dontdance so fast ;.t ; Tmisshort : ; ., The music iwMYtest; V K ;.r "'y: O' V '. ;. Do you . . . .: Do you mn through each day on When you ask "How are you?" . . wont last -- . . .; .. . : awa$., life is not a race; Do take it flower .yV..y Hear flu music, before the songisom Thrown . . - ''I. 'V I B1RM IN A PUS HER . Stall column Supports Americans watching McVeigh die ' can American male. Delight to brutalifir, pain, violence Staff reporter and death .may always be with us,; but government 'should discourage rather than participate to this de : The controversy surrounding the possible. Internet structive side of human nature;.-- : y i ' tor 'death Addifionaf of of. toe toe Oklahoma bomber; execution' toe arguments publication abishirig v; peflr, Timothy McVeigh firings toe ongoing national debate aity were presented by the Honorable Bernard Banders ' surrounding capital punishment to toe forefront again.. ; to the House of Representotives on behalf of Jesse ' I find toe prospect of watching a public execution to Fieid, Renay Thompson and Elaine Griffon to July, 1998. ... By JACKIE ANDERSON ; ; toe state may be, tragically, leading by example. Every parent is familiar with, toe cliche, .Do as I say, not as I do." Every parent is equally aware toat children leam.by example,; Whjr then is it so dlfficutt to , : murder of criminals has, in the words of jouBlaiisfeiii, deadened our natural, quintessentiatly human response to death. Most people who have actually witnessed an ; are horrified and disgusted. Revulsion at toe duty to supervise and witness executions is one.rea-so- n why so many prison wardens- - however unsentimental they are about crime and criminals- - are opponents of capital punishment reports the American Civil . , . . : This is mostly because there are so many more ap- -; peals and court costs attributed to an inmate on death are not getting a break when they ex- - . ecuto.a . ?: . . . , , There are, however, those' individuals to whom ex- -. editions seem to appeal as evidenced by toe final U. S. public execution in Kentucky in 1936, when 20,000 people gathered to watch toe hanging of a young Afri . ;. criminal.'-';- .; assertion.; v; .crime. . If this rule means punishments are unjust unless ; .they are like toe crime itself, then toe principle is unacceptable: It would require us to rape rapists, torture Studies done have shown toat as toe number of executions increase, so does toe murder rate. Geor-- i gia; which reinstated capital punishment. to 1983, saw an increase of 20 percent in their murder rate in toe following year, also a year in whiefi toe national Jiomi-ri- , torturers and inflict other horrible and degrading pun--; ishments. on offenders. It would require us to betray traitorst and kill multiple murderers again arid again- - punishments that de fell five When Florida . . 1979; toe 1980 murder rate went up 28 percent, and 1981 were toe highest to recent history. , The incidents show, as Michael Godfried put it toat . are Impossible, to inflict Since we cannot reasonably . I nikfinraniuHAYiMG ; SERIOUS VniUDCNTSULl I v i i - i , . . i i i i i i S List anyothersuspected illegal'activities: . ; I I (Continued on page 5) lf yes, then how: by mail or by phone - If we may contact you bymail,what is your address? I . I . . wm 'mm'mm X I ; oantiriicNuxEtm , ; - Driiglksk . 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YES I IGEC SOltDGEIYl ' aim to punish all crimes according to this principle, it ITFtESOPPKOTCaOTilTlY WaiK&EtlEKSEl i brugfs) being dealt: X f "' KKKDiSTKEHkBITB TOUQiHt ' " . percent ; started executing prisoners again in " Locatkmofdealing It is also often argued v ; i i i i ' Method nf dealing n i Ltoaaser''i . ;:v- - toat death is what murderers : deserve and that toe punishment should fit toe rate . , . Another common argument tor toe death penalty is capital punishment deters crime. Statistics deny the . I ,v. ;true causes of crime. .' AssodatcsofDcalcr : : reported the ACLU. .. Politicians who preach the desirability of executions as a method of crime control deceive toe public and mask toeir own failure to identify and confront too . j ; .crime, they mentioned putting more officers, on the street longer sentences; gun control and curbing drug use. They ranked toe death penalty as least effective, : . Liberties Union. it. ; ; rnalist Busan . ; 4 . i-- tame logic to national policy? We are trying to teach people toat murder is Wrong by committing it It is toe deed that teaches, not. the name we give said George Bernard. Shaw. ' When pojice chiefs were asked to rank toe factors that in toeir judgement, reduce the rate of violent These include high costs, increased murder rates and ; discrjminationv v A study from 1997 found that jt costs $2000d per; year to keep a prisoner in jail, Thats $800,000 to lock them up for 40 years. However, the same source found ; toat it costs taxpayers $2 million to execute someone. " be barbaric and repulsive. But then, that is also toe. , way I happen to view the death penalfir. And that is why 1 think toe execution should be broadcast , ; A public who supports the death penalty should watch L They should also be accessttrie for execution . duty. Anyone who can sit on a jury and sentence some-- ; one to death should also be willing to pull toe switch, V'.so to speak. '. "'.v The behind closed doors, ajiesthesiased, institu-fiona- l, 'apply toe I .1. tafthc! Internet I ecfitorigminadLootn, adygrunadcoea web .. V ' V. |